13. Cripe’s Notes
_bob_CrIpE_2021-03-22T19:37:29+00:00Cripe’s notes were written sometime around October 1993, the time when Cripe completed Top Hat and Eagle. Hal Hammer sat with Cripe with each guitar [...]
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12. Listen to the Music Play
_bob_CrIpE_2020-12-23T21:22:28+00:00Listening for the sound: For Steve Kimock Cripe Experience on YouTube Jim Overton recommends: Bronx Experiment: 1/19/2006 Grey Eagle, Asheville Elmer’s Revenge: 3/6/2003 Orange [...]
11. Remembrances
_bob_CrIpE_2020-12-23T21:21:57+00:00Rob Bienstock - In memory of Stephen Ray Cripe. R.I.P. 1996 "St. Stephen will remain, all he lost he shall regain. " I first met Stephen [...]
10. Help On the Way
_bob_CrIpE_2021-03-22T19:43:25+00:00The Other One's - Cripe Inspired Luthiers ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec pretium, tortor vitae porttitor suscipit, sapien purus aliquet risus, [...]
9. It’s Up To You – Kimock’s Guitars
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-18T18:40:00+00:00Tongue N' Groove As it would happen, the Garcia connection to Cripe guitars would continue well past the loss of both musician and luthier in [...]
8. Brokedown Palace – Picking Up the Pieces
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-18T15:26:46+00:00"All the birds that were singing, have flown except you alone" - Robert Hunter Steve’s friend Adam Palow, a fellow craftsman (albeit of amplifiers), would [...]
7. Smokestack Lightning – The Accident
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-18T15:23:41+00:00"Whoa oh, fare ya well, never see, a you no more." - Howlin' Wolf Hal Hammer, a guitarist, wood-joiner and luthier with credentials sufficient to [...]
6. He’s Gone – Garcia Passes
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-17T20:26:02+00:00"He's gone and nothing's gonna bring him back." - Robert Hunter With Pete and Helen Cripe aging into their golden years, Cripe chose to relocate [...]
5. Here Comes Sunshine – A Commissioned Guitar
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-17T20:25:12+00:00"Askin' you nice, now, keep the mother rollin' one more time." - Robert Hunter Making a second guitar—one that had been ordered by a customer, [...]
4. Built To Last – Garcia’s Guitars
_bob_CrIpE_2021-04-17T20:24:31+00:00"Show me something built to last or something built to try." - Robert Hunter As any wood-joining luthier well knows, the quality of the source [...]